TEACHING HOURS AND TEACHING LOAD. A. As professionals, teachers are expected to devote to their assignments the time necessary to meet their responsibilities. Because it is administratively essential to maintain a record of attendance for all teachers, teachers shall be required to swipe their identification access card at the beginning of each work day. B. No extension in the daily working hours, seven (7) hours and five (5) minutes, shall be made by the Board without first negotiating with the Association. Days when regularly scheduled teachers' meetings are held shall not be considered an extension of the school day. Teachers' meetings shall be no more than one (1) hour in duration. The Board reserves the right to designate any one-day a week except Friday as teacher meeting day. The Board retains the right to adjust the daily schedule of each teacher within the regular workday. There shall be two (2) teacher meetings per month, except that there shall be one (1) additional floating meeting per quarterly marking period for a total of four (4) floating meetings per school year. The Principal reserves the right to schedule an emergency teacher meeting. At least two (2) days' notice shall be given for meetings. If an emergency meeting must be called without two (2) days prior notice, then faculty members who can substantiate a prior commitment shall be excused with the permission of the Principal. Teachers may depart the building following the exit of the regular school buses on Fridays, the day preceding the start of school holidays, and the day of Back-to-School Night/Open House. 1. Any teacher who is under a part-time contract shall not be required to stay beyond his/her contracted assignment. 2. The day prior to Thanksgiving, Winter break, and Spring break will be an early dismissal. The day after Back-to-School Night/Open House will be an early dismissalgdismissal for staff and students. During midterms and finals teachers shall work until fifteen minutes after dismissal. If a midterm or final is on a Friday, teachers may leave ten minutes after bus departure. C. No teacher teaching core education classes in the mathematics, science, social studies, or language arts departments shall be required to teach more than a total of four (4) different preparations in any one semester. If a "core" teacher is assigned four (4) different preps, then only one (1) of the four (4) assigned preps may be a new prep for that teacher. D. Teachers shall have a daily duty-free lunch period. E. Teachers shall have a daily preparation period. The practice of using a regular teacher as a substitute is undesirable and shall be used only in emergency situations. The Board shall endeavor at all times to seek out and employ qualified substitute teachers. When a teacher must substitute for a regular teacher during the formers planning period, there shall be compensation at the rate of $60.00 per period for 2023-2026. F. When a teacher during the on-call period must substitute for a regular classroom teacher and is required to teach the class, there shall be compensation at a rate of $60.00 per period for 2023- 2026. Compensation will begin on the third consecutive day. • Hourly summer curriculum work shall be paid at the rate of $55 per hour. • Personnel to conduct evening conferences and parent programs not covered in schedules B&C shall be paid at the rate of $55 per hour. G. A maximum teaching load shall be defined as follows: 1. 1. Five (5) instructional class assignments in a five (5) day week predicated on an eight (8) period schedule. The remaining three (3) periods in the eight (8) period schedule shall consist of a preparation period, departmental professional period, and a duty to be assigned by the Principal. A Resource Center Class shall be counted toward the maximum teaching load of five instructional assignments in a five-day week. The assignment of in class support shall be counted toward the maximum teaching load of five instructional class assignments in a five-day week. Any special education teacher who is teaching a combination of ICS and Resource room classes will be compensated for the sixth class at the rate listed in G.3. below. ICS teachers will receive compensation for a sixth instructional class at the rate of $6000 for the 2023-2024 school year, $7000 for the 2024-2025 school year, and $7500 for the 2025-2026 school year.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
TEACHING HOURS AND TEACHING LOAD. A. As professionalsEach high school Teacher shall arrive in the building ten (10) minutes before the Teacher's first scheduled assignment, teachers and shall normally remain for thirty (30) minutes after the Teacher's last scheduled assignment to assist students, meet parents and attend faculty and committee meetings.
B. Each intermediate school Teacher shall arrive in the building fifteen (15) minutes before the Teacher's first scheduled assignment, and shall normally remain for twenty- five (25) minutes after school to assist students, meet parents and attend faculty and committee meetings.
C. Each elementary school Teacher (grades K-5) shall be in his/her classroom five (5) minutes prior to the start of the students day and shall normally remain for twenty (20) minutes after the regular student dismissal time except on early student dismissal days when Teachers may be required to remain until the normal Teacher dismissal time.
D. On school days immediately preceding the Thanksgiving, Christmas, winter and spring holidays or vacations, and on Fridays where the following Monday is a holiday, the Teachers' day in the high school shall end immediately following the Teachers' last scheduled assignments and the Teachers' day in the intermediate schools and the elementary schools shall end immediately following the regular student dismissal time. Teachers with afternoon duties are expected to devote to their assignments supervise students at dismissal for fifteen (15) minutes after the time necessary to meet their responsibilities. Because it students are dismissed except for those teachers with assigned duties for which compensation is administratively essential to maintain a record of attendance provided per this agreement.
E. The normal in-school work day for all teachers, teachers high school Teachers shall be required to swipe their identification access card at the beginning of each work day.
B. No extension in the daily working hours, seven (7) hours and eight (8) minutes which shall include a forty-three (43) minute duty-free lunch period and a forty-three (43) minute preparation period.
F. The normal in-school work day for intermediate school Teachers shall be seven (7) hours and (12) minutes. Each period shall be of forty (40) minutes duration. During a normal full work week, intermediate school Teachers shall be afforded ten (10) preparation periods and five (5) minutes, (40) minutes duty-free lunch periods.
G. The normal in-school work day for elementary Teachers (grades K-5) shall be made by the Board without first negotiating with the Association. Days when regularly scheduled teachers' meetings are held six (6) hours and fifty (50) minutes which shall not be considered an extension include five (5) hours and fifteen (15) minutes of the school day. Teachers' meetings shall be no more than one (1) hour in duration. The Board reserves the right to designate any one-day a week except Friday as teacher meeting day. The Board retains the right to adjust the daily schedule of each teacher within the regular workday. There shall be two (2) teacher meetings per month, except that there shall be one (1) additional floating meeting per quarterly marking period for a total of four (4) floating meetings per school year. The Principal reserves the right to schedule an emergency teacher meeting. At least two (2) days' notice shall be given for meetings. If an emergency meeting must be called without two (2) days prior notice, then faculty members who can substantiate a prior commitment shall be excused with the permission of the Principal. Teachers may depart the building following the exit of the regular school buses on Fridays, the day preceding the start of school holidaysinstruction time, and the day of Back-to-School Night/Open House.
1. Any teacher who is under a part-time contract shall not be required to stay beyond his/her contracted assignment.
2. The day prior to Thanksgiving, Winter break, and Spring break will be an early dismissal. The day after Back-to-School Night/Open House will be an early dismissalgdismissal for staff and students. During midterms and finals teachers shall work until fifteen minutes after dismissal. If a midterm or final is on a Friday, teachers may leave ten minutes after bus departure.
C. No teacher teaching core education classes in the mathematics, science, social studies, or language arts departments shall be required to teach more than a total of four sixty (460) different preparations in any one semester. If a "core" teacher is assigned four (4) different preps, then only one (1) of the four (4) assigned preps may be a new prep for that teacher.
D. Teachers shall have a daily minute duty-free lunch period.
E. H. Kindergarten Teachers shall have a daily be excused from the classroom and afforded preparation periodperiods during the regularly scheduled classes of special elementary Teachers. Such guaranteed preparation time to total for each Kindergarten classroom Teacher not less than thirty (30) consecutive minutes, eight (8) times per week. Elementary classroom Teachers (grades 1-5) shall be excused from the classroom and afforded preparation periods during the regularly scheduled classes of special elementary Teachers (including art Teachers, music Teachers, librarians, and health and physical education Teachers, nurses, elementary computer Teachers), such guaranteed preparation time to total for each elementary classroom Teacher not less than thirty (30) consecutive minutes per day. The practice Board of using a regular Education will make reasonable efforts to provide each elementary classroom teacher one preparation period of not less than thirty (30) consecutive minutes on early release days. Special elementary Teachers, as a substitute is undesirable well as ELL Teachers, basic skills Teachers, reading Teachers and child study team members shall be excused from the classroom and shall be used only in emergency situationsafforded at least thirty (30) minutes of preparation time per full work day. The Board shall endeavor at all times to seek out and employ qualified substitute teachers. When a teacher must substitute for a regular teacher during the formers planning periodWhenever possible, there such preparation time shall be compensation scheduled in blocks of thirty (30) consecutive minutes. Except in the case of emergencies, or when an elementary classroom Teacher and his/her principal have agreed otherwise, each elementary classroom Teacher's regularly scheduled preparation periods will be reserved for preparation time. Special elementary Teacher substitutes and/or classroom Teacher substitutes will be sought by the District so that elementary classroom and/or special elementary Teacher's regularly scheduled preparation periods may be observed. In the event that a substitute cannot be found and, as a result, any such Teacher shall receive less than his/her guaranteed thirty (30) minutes of preparation time on a given day, said Teacher shall be paid for the loss only of his/her guaranteed preparation time at the rate of $60.00 20.24 per thirty (30) minutes, it being understood (i) that payment for the loss of preparation time shall only be required when the Board fails to provide a substitute and not when guaranteed preparation time is lost due to a shortened school day or any special activity and (ii) that no payment shall be required in connection with the loss of non-guaranteed preparation time.
I. Teachers may leave their buildings without requesting permission during their scheduled duty-free lunch periods provided that they sign out and in on appropriate forms in the main office of their respective buildings.
J. Early shift Teachers in the high school who work periods 1 through 8 shall (when required to remain at school until after the 9th period for 2023attendance at faculty meetings, departmental meetings, special services meetings, committee meetings and/or in-2026service meetings to be attended not only by the said Teachers, but also by late shift Teachers in the high school who work periods 2 through 9) be paid $16.06. No payment need be made for attendance at the meetings themselves.
F. When a teacher during the onK. Any Teacher, from any school, who volunteers for elementary school lunch-call period must substitute for a regular classroom teacher and is required to teach the class, there time supervision shall be compensation at a rate of $60.00 per period for 2023- 2026. Compensation will begin on the third consecutive day. • Hourly summer curriculum work shall be paid compensated at the rate of $55 per hour23.92 for each one-half (1/2) hour of such supervision.
L. Elementary teachers who do not have a homeroom will provide AM supervision without additional compensation. • Personnel to conduct evening conferences and parent programs Each elementary principal will determine the AM supervision schedule for his/her building which will begin at 8:20 a.m. On days that a non-homeroom elementary teacher provides AM supervision, he/she will not covered in schedules B&C have any further assignment until his/her first class.
M. Beginning 2003-04, elementary school Teachers (grades K–5) shall be paid afforded one (1) early release day in the fall term which shall be for the purpose of providing additional preparation time. (Refer to Article XXIII D. Professional Development).
N. Additional preparation time for elementary classroom Teachers (grades K-5) shall be afforded four (4) times per year, one (l) hour each marking period.
O. Each traveling Teacher shall only be required to attend meetings at the building which has been designated as his/her home-base. Traveling teachers shall have a duty free lunch of at least forty (40) minutes continuous duration; 1 prep period; and 15 minutes travel time between worksites.
P. Traveling Teachers shall be declared elementary, intermediate or high school Teachers for the purposes of scheduling.
Q. In the event that a substitute cannot be found and, as a result, any Teacher of grades 6- 12 is assigned to cover a class during his/her preparation period, said Teacher shall be compensated at the rate of $55 26.99 per hourcoverage, it being understood that payment for loss of guaranteed preparation time shall only be required when the Board fails to provide a substitute and not when a preparation period is lost due to a shortened day or any special activity.
G. A maximum teaching load shall be defined as follows:
1. 1. Five (5) instructional class assignments R. Any teacher in a five (5) day week predicated on an eight (8) period schedule. The remaining three (3) periods in the eight (8) period schedule shall consist of a preparation period, departmental professional period, and a duty to be assigned by the Principal. A Resource Center Class shall be counted toward the maximum teaching load of five instructional assignments in a fivegrades 9-day week. The assignment of in class support shall be counted toward the maximum teaching load of five instructional class assignments in a five-day week. Any special education teacher 12 who is scheduled to have six or more classroom preparations shall have no assigned homeroom or other non-teaching a combination of ICS duties. This provision does not apply to English Language Learners and Resource room classes will be compensated for the sixth class at the rate listed in G.3. below. ICS teachers will receive compensation for a sixth instructional class at the rate of $6000 for the 2023-2024 school year, $7000 for the 2024-2025 school year, and $7500 for the 2025-2026 school yearSpecial teachers.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
TEACHING HOURS AND TEACHING LOAD. A. As professionalsThe Association recognizes that teachers' responsibility to their students and their profession generally entails the performance of duties and the expenditure of time beyond the normal working day, however, it also feels that teachers are expected entitled to devote regular time and work schedules on which they might rely in the ordinary course of employment. Therefore, subject to emergencies as determined by the administration the following schedule is adopted:
A. THE WORKDAY
1. Elementary Teachers will be in their assignments respective buildings and in their respective classrooms at least ten (10) minutes before the specified time necessary to meet their responsibilities. Because it is administratively essential to maintain a record of attendance for all teachers, teachers shall be required to swipe their identification access card at the beginning of each work the students' school day and will remain in their respective buildings at least twenty (20) minutes after the closing of the students’ school day, unless said teachers have been given permission to leave by the principal.
B. No extension 2. Secondary Teachers will be in their respective buildings and in their respective classrooms at least ten (10) minutes before the daily working hoursspecified time for beginning of the students’ school day and will remain in their respective buildings at least twelve (12) minutes after the closing of the students’ school day, seven unless said teachers have been given permission to leave by the principal.
3. In no case will the teachers’ workday exceed six (76) hours and fifty-five (555) consecutive minutes, shall be made by the Board without first negotiating with the Association.
4. Days when regularly scheduled teachers' meetings are held shall not be considered an extension All teachers will have a duty-free lunch period of the school daysame length as their students.
5. Teachers' meetings shall Teachers will be no more than one (1) hour in duration. The Board reserves permitted to leave the right to designate any one-day a week except Friday as teacher meeting day. The Board retains the right to adjust the daily schedule of each teacher within the regular workday. There shall be two (2) teacher meetings per month, except that there shall be one (1) additional floating meeting per quarterly marking period for a total of four (4) floating meetings per school year. The Principal reserves the right to schedule an emergency teacher meeting. At least two (2) days' notice shall be given for meetings. If an emergency meeting must be called without two (2) days prior notice, then faculty members who can substantiate a prior commitment shall be excused building during unassigned periods with the permission of the Principal. Teachers may depart the building following the exit of the regular school buses on Fridays, the day preceding the start of school holidays, and the day of Back-to-School Night/Open House.
1. Any teacher who is under a part-time contract shall not be required to stay beyond Principal or his/her contracted assignmentdesignee. Teachers who have received permission from the Principal or his/her designee to leave the building during unassigned period(s) shall be in attendance for the start/end of the school day as required by contract unless said teacher has received permission from the Principal or his/her designee. Teachers requesting such permission will provide advance notice and subsequent written documentation of the necessity of the absence.
26. The day prior to ThanksgivingWhen an itinerant teacher is in charge of an elementary teacher's class, Winter break, and Spring break the latter may leave. A classroom teacher will be an early dismissalexpected to wait until the itinerant teacher arrives before leaving the class.
7. The day after Back-to-School Night/Open House Every effort will be an early dismissalgdismissal made to develop in the elementary schools a program and scheduling plan that will provide additional classroom-free time to elementary teachers for staff planning and studentspreparation for curricula materials.
8. During midterms and finals teachers shall work until fifteen minutes after dismissalTeachers absent because of illness or other valid reasons, will make every effort to contact the system provider used by the District for substitute coverage purposes by 6:00 a.m. so that every effort can be made to obtain a substitute teacher for any absent teacher. If it should become necessary for a midterm or final is regularly assigned teacher to cover an extra class during a regular unassigned period for the teacher, he/she will be compensated for such activity at the rate $40.00 per hour. In the elementary schools, unless the teacher of special subjects does make arrangements with the principal to take the class at another convenient time, the classroom teacher will receive the proportional part of $40.00 per hour according to the length of the teacher’s period in the class.
9. If it becomes necessary for a teacher to take an unassigned class for another teacher on a Fridaycontinuous basis for a period of more than one week (5 school days) due to the unavailability of a substitute, teachers may leave ten minutes after bus departurehe/she will be compensated at the rate of one-fifth of his/her salary step retroactive.
C. No teacher 10. a. If any qualified member of the Middle School/High School teaching core education classes in the mathematics, science, social studies, or language arts departments shall be required staff agrees to teach more than an extra class in lieu of planning periods on a total full-time yearly basis that teacher will be compensated at the rate of one-fifth of his/her salary step for an extra class that meets four (4) different preparations in any one semestertimes a week. If a "core" teacher is assigned four (4) different preps, then only one (1) of the four (4) assigned preps may Semester-long classes shall be a new prep for that teacher.
D. Teachers shall have a daily duty-free lunch period.
E. Teachers shall have a daily preparation period. The practice of using a regular teacher compensated as a substitute is undesirable and shall be used only in emergency situations. The Board shall endeavor at all times ratio of hours compared to seek out and employ qualified substitute teachers. When a teacher must substitute for a regular teacher during the formers planning period, there shall be compensation at the rate of $60.00 per period for 2023-2026yearlong course.
F. When a teacher during the on-call period must substitute for a regular classroom teacher and is required to teach the class, there shall be compensation at a rate of $60.00 per period for 2023- 2026. Compensation will begin on the third consecutive day. • Hourly summer curriculum work shall be paid at the rate of $55 per hour. • Personnel to conduct evening conferences and parent programs not covered in schedules B&C shall be paid at the rate of $55 per hour.
G. A maximum teaching load shall be defined as follows:
1. 1. Five (5) instructional class assignments in a five (5) day week predicated on an eight (8) period schedule. The remaining three (3) periods in the eight (8) period schedule shall consist of a preparation period, departmental professional period, and a duty to be assigned by the Principal. A Resource Center Class shall be counted toward the maximum teaching load of five instructional assignments in a five-day week. The assignment of in class support shall be counted toward the maximum teaching load of five instructional class assignments in a five-day week. Any special education teacher who is teaching a combination of ICS and Resource room classes will be compensated for the sixth class at the rate listed in G.3. below. ICS teachers will receive compensation for a sixth instructional class at the rate of $6000 for the 2023-2024 school year, $7000 for the 2024-2025 school year, and $7500 for the 2025-2026 school year.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
TEACHING HOURS AND TEACHING LOAD. A. As professionals1. Each teacher in grades 6-12 will have a duty-free, teachers are uninterrupted lunch period of no less than forty (40) minutes. Each teacher in grades K-5 will have either a 50 minute lunch and 30 minute preparation period, or a 40 minute lunch with a 40 minute preparation period per day, with the per teacher configuration and allotment of time to be determined by Administration.
2. Faculty meetings would be called only when necessary in accordance with the provisions below:
(a) The Building Principal shall confer with the Building Representative and set the day that faculty meetings will be held and announce it before the end of the first week of school. Once the day has been designated, it will remain as the faculty meeting day for the balance of the school year unless the Building Principal deems it prudent to change: in which case, he/she will confer with the Building representative.
(b) Faculty meetings will begin exactly five (5) minutes after dismissal. In the case of a district-wide faculty meeting, the meeting shall begin five minutes after the dismissal of the latest-dismissing school. The starting time for faculty meetings will be strictly adhered to by administrators and teachers.
(c) Director or Chairperson of a department (as applicable) shall confer with the Department and set the date that departmental meetings will be held and announce it before the end of the first week of school. Once the day has been designated, it will remain as the departmental meeting day for the balance of the school year unless the Director or Chairperson (as applicable) deems it prudent to change; in which case, he/she will confer with the Department.
(d) Departmental meetings will begin exactly five minutes after dismissal. The starting time for departmental meetings will be strictly adhered to by administrators and teachers.
(e) Each teacher is expected to devote attend all faculty and departmental meetings. All requests for absence will be submitted to their assignments the time necessary Building Principal for faculty meetings or the Director or Chairperson (as applicable) for departmental meetings in advance (three (3) days in advance whenever possible). Final approval for faculty meetings will be given by the Building Principal, and final approval for departmental meetings will be given by the Director or Chairperson (as applicable). The association will be given a reasonable opportunity to meet their responsibilities. Because it is administratively essential to maintain a record of attendance present information at building faculty meetings, departmental meetings, and new teacher orientation meetings.
(f) Absent teachers will be responsible for all information presented at faculty meetings and departmental meeting. If a teacher or Principal (for faculty meetings) or Director/Chairperson (as applicable) for departmental meetings, believes clarification is necessary, a meeting between the parties will be held as soon as possible.
3. The length of the workday for teachers shall not exceed six (6) hours and forty-five (45) minutes (inclusive of Paragraph 4 below). Effective September 1, 2000 and thereafter, the length of the teacher workday shall be 7 hours.
4. Elementary teachers will be in their classrooms ten (10) minutes before the start of the student day and ten (10) minutes after the students are dismissed, providing any other students that have not been picked up are reported by name to the bus-duty teacher who must stay until the last student is picked up. Arrival time shall not apply to teachers assigned to A.M. duty. Secondary teachers shall be in their classrooms before and after school at times designated by the Building Principal and within the teacher workday.
5. A teacher may be assigned forty-five (45) minutes a day of duty, averaged throughout the school year, but in no event more than sixty (60) minutes in any one day. Assignments shall be equitably distributed among teachers in each school building as needed. In the event a kindergarten teacher teaches for a period of two (2) hours and thirty-five (35) minutes or more in any one session, that teacher will be entitled to at least a twenty (20) minute break. Secondary academic and special teachers and to the extent that the District organizes into a Middle School which includes the 6th grade as part of a departmentalized program, 6th grade teachers, shall be covered by the provisions of this subparagraph and shall have as their maximum weekly assignment one of the following:
(a) Twenty-five (25) teaching periods; five (5) preparation periods; five (5) duties; and one
(1) daily lunch.
(b) Thirty (30) teaching periods; five (5) preparation periods; one (1) daily lunch period.
(c) Effective September 1, 2000, within the context of a secondary school 9 period day, except as set forth in this paragraph regarding a 6th teaching period, teachers shall be required to swipe their identification access card at the beginning of each work day.
B. No extension in the daily working hours, seven (7) hours and five (5) minutes, shall be made by the Board without first negotiating with the Association. Days when regularly scheduled teachers' meetings are held shall not be considered an extension of the school day. Teachers' meetings shall be no more than one (1) hour in duration. The Board reserves the right to designate any one-day a week except Friday as teacher meeting day. The Board retains the right to adjust the daily schedule of each teacher within the regular workday. There shall be two (2) teacher meetings per month, except that there shall be one (1) additional floating meeting per quarterly marking period for a total of four (4) floating meetings per school year. The Principal reserves the right to schedule an emergency teacher meeting. At least two (2) days' notice shall be given for meetings. If an emergency meeting must be called without two (2) days prior notice, then faculty members who can substantiate a prior commitment shall be excused with the permission of the Principal. Teachers may depart the building following the exit of the regular school buses on Fridays, the day preceding the start of school holidays, and the day of Back-to-School Night/Open House.
1. Any teacher who is under a part-time contract shall not be required to stay beyond his/her contracted assignment.
2. The day prior to Thanksgiving, Winter break, and Spring break will be an early dismissal. The day after Back-to-School Night/Open House will be an early dismissalgdismissal for staff and students. During midterms and finals teachers shall work until fifteen minutes after dismissal. If a midterm or final is on a Friday, teachers may leave ten minutes after bus departure.
C. No teacher teaching core education classes in the mathematics, science, social studies, or language arts departments shall be required to teach more than a total of four (4) different preparations in any one semester. If a "core" teacher is assigned four (4) different preps, then only one (1) of the four (4) assigned preps may be a new prep for that teacher.
D. Teachers shall have a daily duty-free lunch period.
E. Teachers shall have a daily preparation period. The practice of using a regular teacher as a substitute is undesirable and shall be used only in emergency situations. The Board shall endeavor at all times to seek out and employ qualified substitute teachers. When a teacher must substitute for a regular teacher during the formers planning period, there shall be compensation at the rate of $60.00 per period for 2023-2026.
F. When a teacher during the on-call period must substitute for a regular classroom teacher and is required to teach the class, there shall be compensation at a rate of $60.00 per period for 2023- 2026. Compensation will begin on the third consecutive day. • Hourly summer curriculum work shall be paid at the rate of $55 per hour. • Personnel to conduct evening conferences and parent programs not covered in schedules B&C shall be paid at the rate of $55 per hour.
G. A maximum teaching load shall be defined as follows:
1. 1. Five (5) instructional class assignments in a five (5) day week predicated on an eight (8) period schedule. The remaining three (3) periods in the eight (8) period schedule shall consist of a preparation period, departmental professional period, and a duty to be assigned by the Principal. A Resource Center Class shall be counted toward the maximum teaching load of five instructional assignments in a five-day week. The assignment of in class support shall be counted toward the maximum teaching load of five instructional class assignments in a five-day week. Any special education teacher who is teaching a combination of ICS and Resource room classes will be compensated for the sixth class at the rate listed in G.3. below. ICS teachers will receive compensation for a sixth instructional class at the rate of $6000 for the 2023-2024 school year, $7000 for the 2024-2025 school year, and $7500 for the 2025-2026 school year.
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Samples: Teachers' Association Contract
TEACHING HOURS AND TEACHING LOAD. A. As professionalsThe length of the teaching day shall be 7 hours.
B. All secondary teachers shall have a duty-free lunch period daily equal to one regular class period. Elementary teachers shall have a duty-free lunch period of 40 minutes daily. Notwithstanding this provision and Paragraph F, a shortened period bell schedule can exist at the high school for assembly purposes provided that the high school lunch period shall be no less than 35 minutes on assembly days. All secondary school teachers shall have at least one regular class period of preparation time each school day during which time they shall not be assigned to other duties except in emergency. All elementary teachers in grades 1 to 6 will be provided with a daily preparation period of at least forty (40) minutes during the time the pupils are in school except as provided for in Section C of this Article. If, however, the principal feels it becomes necessary because of scheduling difficulties, a maximum of two teachers per building may be assigned to an altered preparation period schedule of one day in the week without a preparation period and one day in the same week with two preparation periods. Those teachers assigned their five preparations over a four-day period of time shall not be so assigned more than once in six years. Teachers whose weekly schedule contains six preparation periods shall be considered first for the altered preparation period schedule and so assigned if the principal feels it meets the scheduling needs of the building. They may take this preparation period during a time when a special teacher is in charge of their class, and the teacher has the option of leaving. However, the teacher who elects to remain in his/her class at this time thereby forgoes his/her preparation period. Each kindergarten teacher will be provided with thirty (30) minutes of aide time per day. The schedules of teachers other than elementary regular classroom teachers may be altered in order to provide for staggered starting and ending times within a building provided however that such altered schedules shall not exceed one period in length or its equivalent.
C. The work which elementary music teachers perform in connection with glee club and assemblies shall be counted as part of their teaching load, and such teachers shall have the same working day as other teachers in the school or schools in which they are working, including at least a forty (40) minute duty-free lunch period and a forty (40) minute preparation period or vice versa.
D. In the event that teacher aides are employed in the elementary schools by the Board of Education, they will assist in classroom work and in the library at the option of the teacher involved. If the teacher exercises such option, the teacher aide shall be under his/her direction, supervision and control. The classroom assignment of teacher aides in any building shall be the subject of consultation and discussion with the building committee of that building. Teacher Aides are not to be interpreted as Case Aides. A Case Aide is an individual assigned as a result of a decision of the Committee on Special Education. This article will not be invoked in a question about the placement of Special Education students.
E. If possible, teachers are expected shall meet their classes in a single, designated classroom and shall not have classes scheduled in other rooms.
F. The standard teaching load of secondary subjects (grades 7-12) shall be five (5) class teaching periods. The standard subject load shall be two subjects per school year and three (3) teaching preparations (defined as a lesson designed for a subject and grade level). The total number of minutes assigned for teaching periods shall be considered in computing the actual number of teaching periods so assigned. It is understood that science teachers will have four (4) class teaching periods and their class-related laboratory work, not to devote exceed a total of twenty-eight (28) periods per week. Those science teachers who have twenty-eight (28) such periods per week shall be relieved of homeroom duty and, if possible, the science room of such teacher shall not be used for homeroom purposes. Any additional such periods per week shall be considered to constitute a professionally related activity as provided in Article VI, Paragraph E hereof. Additional assistance will be provided to aid such teachers in such activities as laboratory set-up, clean-up and inventory work. Any change in the standard teaching subject or preparation load prescribed above shall be by negotiation or subject to the grievance procedure of Article II with the administration to establish the reasonableness of the change under all the circumstances. The parties agree that, the middle school will be organized so as to provide for a nine-period student day and additional teacher time generated as a result of this organization shall be subject to assignment of the teacher pursuant to Article VI, Paragraph E, Sections 2 through 8. Notwithstanding the above, no teacher shall be assigned an additional duty period pursuant to Article VI, Paragraph E-2, until such time as all available teachers from the staff have been assigned to a first duty period pursuant to this paragraph.
G. When possible, elementary classroom teachers, including kindergarten teachers and reading teachers, shall not be assigned to more than one building.
H. If possible, special professional personnel shall have an appropriate room and other facilities which permit the effective discharge of their responsibilities to their assignments pupils.
I. Subject only to the provisions of this Agreement, teachers shall not be required to attend meetings scheduled before or after the teaching day.
J. At the elementary level during that time necessary to meet their responsibilities. Because it is administratively essential to maintain a record before the start of attendance for all teachersthe student day, or after the end of the student day, teachers shall be required to swipe their identification access card at the beginning of each work day.
B. No extension in the daily working hours, seven (7) hours and five (5) minutes, shall be made by the Board without first negotiating with the Association. Days when regularly scheduled teachers' meetings are held shall not be considered an extension of the school day. Teachers' meetings shall be no more than one (1) hour in duration. The Board reserves the right to designate any one-day a week except Friday as teacher meeting day. The Board retains the right to adjust the daily schedule of each teacher within the regular workday. There shall be two (2) teacher meetings per month, except that there shall be one (1) additional floating meeting per quarterly marking period for a total of four (4) floating meetings per school year. The Principal reserves the right to schedule an emergency teacher meeting. At least two (2) days' notice shall be given for meetings. If an emergency meeting must be called without two (2) days prior notice, then faculty members who can substantiate a prior commitment shall be excused with the permission of the Principal. Teachers may depart the building following the exit of the regular school buses on Fridays, the day preceding the start of school holidays, and the day of Back-to-School Night/Open House.perform professional tasks such as:
1. Any teacher who is under a part-time contract shall Meetings with administration, staff, parents, including, but not be required limited to stay beyond hisCSE/her contracted assignmentIST meetings.
2. In-service or Professional Training (Article XI, Second Unnumbered Paragraph) do not apply in connection with this paragraph.
3. Assistance with the entrance/exit of students to/from school. The day prior specific professional task to Thanksgiving, Winter break, and Spring break be performed during this professional time will be an early dismissaldetermined by the building principal. In the absence of such a determination as to any particular professional period, the teacher shall select a task from the above list. The length of the student day after Back-to-School Night/Open House will be an early dismissalgdismissal for staff and students. During midterms and finals teachers shall work until fifteen minutes after dismissal. If a midterm or final is on a Friday, teachers may leave ten minutes after bus departure.
C. No teacher teaching core education classes in at the mathematics, science, social studies, or language arts departments elementary level shall be required to teach more than a total of four (4) different preparations in any one semesterdetermined by the District. If a "core" teacher is assigned four (4) different preps, then only one (1) The beginning/end of the four (4) assigned preps student day may be a new prep organized so as to provide for that teacher.
D. Teachers shall have a daily duty30-free lunch period.
E. Teachers shall have a daily preparation period. The practice of using a regular teacher as a substitute is undesirable and shall be used only in emergency situations. The Board shall endeavor at all times to seek out and employ qualified substitute teachers. When a teacher must substitute for a regular teacher during the formers planning period, there shall be compensation at the rate of $60.00 per period for 2023-2026.
F. When a teacher during the on-call period must substitute for a regular classroom teacher and is required to teach the class, there shall be compensation at a rate of $60.00 per period for 2023- 2026. Compensation will begin on the third consecutive day. • Hourly summer curriculum work shall be paid at the rate of $55 per hour. • Personnel to conduct evening conferences and parent programs not covered in schedules B&C shall be paid at the rate of $55 per hour.
G. A maximum teaching load shall be defined minute sessions as follows:
1. Tutorial and extra help of students, including the planning, therefore, to the same extent as required in connection with the balance of the work day.
2. Enrichment programs developed by the principal in consultation with teachers. To the extent that the principal selects tutoring, extra help, the time shall be utilized to reinforce/support/reteach material previously delivered in class. However, this limitation shall not apply in connection with the “pre- teaching” of material. Effective September 1. Five (5) instructional class assignments in a five (5) , 2013, elementary teachers will be provided the equivalent of four half-days of release time, specifically one half-day week predicated on an eight (8) period schedule. The remaining three (3) periods in the eight (8) period schedule shall consist of a preparation periodper quarter, departmental professional period, and a duty to be assigned by scheduled at the Principaldiscretion of the administration for the purpose of evaluating benchmark assessments and student growth measures. A Resource Center Class At the middle school level, to the extent that an organizational structure provides for a nine (9) period day in accordance with Paragraph F of this Article, teachers’ schedules shall be counted toward the maximum as follows: 5 teaching load periods 1 lunch period 1 preparation period 2 duty/professional periods to be used interchangeably in accordance with Article VI, Paragraph E of five instructional assignments in a five-day weekthis contract. The assignment of in class support Effective September 1, 2013, teachers shall be counted toward the maximum teaching load of five instructional class assignments in a five-day week. Any special education teacher who is teaching a combination of ICS and Resource room classes will be compensated for the sixth class at the rate listed in G.3. below. ICS teachers will receive compensation for a sixth instructional class at the rate of $6000 for the 2023-2024 school year, $7000 for the 2024-2025 school year, and $7500 for the 2025-2026 school year.scheduled
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TEACHING HOURS AND TEACHING LOAD. A. As professionals, teachers are expected to devote to their assignments the time necessary to meet their responsibilities. Because it is administratively essential to maintain a record of attendance 5.1 The workday for all teachers, teachers shall be required to swipe their identification access card no more than seven and one-half (7½) hours.
(a) On non-early release days, days other than Fridays and days preceding a holiday or vacation, teachers at the beginning of each work dayFurnace Brook Middle School and the High School will report fifteen (15) minutes before student starting times and will remain ten (10) minutes after student dismissal times.
B. No extension (b) On non-early release days, days other than Fridays and days preceding a holiday or vacation, elementary teachers will report ten (10) minutes before student starting times and will remain ten (10) minutes after student dismissal times.
(c) At each elementary school including kindergarten there shall be a fifteen (15) minute recess in the daily working hoursmorning and a fifteen (15) minute recess in the afternoon except as provided as follows: For grades one through five one thirty (30) minute recess, seven or one ten (710) hours minute recess and five one twenty (520) minutesminute recess may be substituted for the two (2) fifteen (15) minute recesses, at the discretion of the Superintendent or his designee after consultation with appropriate faculty and Association representatives. Other alternative scheduling of the total thirty (30) minute recess time per day may be agreed upon by the parties to the Master Agreement. On early dismissal days one fifteen (15) minute recess shall be made by available if teachers wish to have their students participate in recess. In such event, supervision of recess shall be consistent with supervision of recess on other days.
(d) On days when weather is sufficiently inclement to consider closing of school, serious consideration will be given to delayed opening of school before canceling classes for the Board without first negotiating with day. It is understood that the Association. Days when regularly scheduled teachers' meetings are held decision to cancel or delay the opening of school due to inclement weather shall not be considered subject to the grievance and arbitration provisions of this Agreement.
(e) The normal starting and dismissal times for students at Marshfield High School shall be 7:15 A.M. and 1:47 P.M. The normal starting and dismissal times for students at Furnace Brook Middle School shall be 7:40 A.M. and 2:20 P.M. The normal starting and dismissal times for students at the "early" elementary schools shall be 8:20 A.M. and 3:00 P.M. The normal starting and dismissal times for students at the "late" elementary schools shall be 8:50 A.M. and 3:30 P.M. The elementary schools assignments to an extension "early" or "late" schedule will alternate on an every other year rotation.
(f) Early dismissal times for students at Marshfield High School shall be 11:05 A.M. Early dismissal times for students at Furnace Brook Middle School shall be 11:55 P.M. Early dismissal times for students at the "early" elementary schools shall be 12:45 P.M. Early dismissal times for students at the "late" elementary schools shall be 1:15 P.M.
(g) The morning sessions of kindergarten at the "early" elementary schools shall be from 8:20 A.M. until 11:10 A.M. The morning sessions of kindergarten at the "late" elementary schools shall be from 8:50 A.M. until 11:40 A.M. The afternoon sessions of kindergarten at the "early" elementary schools shall be from 12:05 P.M. until 3:00 P.M. The afternoon sessions of kindergarten at the "late" elementary schools shall be from 12:35 P.M. until 3:30 P.M. On early release days the morning sessions of kindergarten at the "early" elementary schools shall be from 8:20 A.M. until 12:45 P.M., and the morning sessions of kindergarten at the "late" elementary schools shall be from 8:50
A. M. until 1:15 P.M.
(h) The starting and dismissal times for students may be changed by the Committee; provided however, that no such change in starting and/or dismissal times shall increase the length of the teacher's total teaching time during any given workday and, provided further, no such change shall increase the length of the teacher's total workday. The parties agree any change in the length of daily teaching time or in the length of the workday shall be accomplished pursuant to and consistent with the parties Memorandum on Time and Learning dated November 20, 1997.
5.2 Teachers may leave school at the regular student dismissal times on Fridays and the day preceding a holiday or vacation. In addition, teachers may leave school at the regular student dismissal time on days when teachers are required to return to school in the evening pursuant to paragraph 5.7 of this Article. Educators participating in the Advisory Program at the High School may leave at the end of the regular two block exam schedule, on each of the four (4) days during Final Week, unless they must administer any final examinations that extend beyond that time such as make-up exams, and unless they must complete any remaining professional responsibilities such as attending IEP meetings.
5.3 Personnel other than classroom teachers will work at their assigned tasks for at least the length of the regular teacher's workday. It is recognized, however, that the proper performance of their duties may, on occasion, require these persons to work longer than the normal working day. Teachers' meetings The exact daily schedule will be worked out on individual basis between the individual concerned and his/her immediate building principal to the mutual satisfaction of both parties, but in no event shall it be no more than one (1) hour longer than the length of the regular pupil day.
5.4 Subject to the provisions of paragraph 5.5 below, the work year for teachers (other than new personnel who may be required to attend additional orientation sessions) will be no earlier than September 1 and terminate no later than June 30, but shall in durationno event be longer than five (5) days more than the number of days when pupils are required to be in attendance by state law. The Board reserves "work year" will include days when pupils are in attendance, orientation days at the right beginning of the school year, conference days, and any other days on which teachers' attendance is required.
5.5 Members of the professional staff on the Ratio Salary Schedule shall work the period of time as stated on said Schedule under a plan agreed upon with the Superintendent.
5.6 Teachers may be required to designate any oneremain after the end of the regular pupil day without additional compensation for up to one (1) hour to attend the following:
(a) Staff meetings -
(1) One day a week except Friday as teacher meeting day. The Board retains the right to adjust the daily schedule of each teacher within month - Faculty meeting called by the regular workday. There building principal.
(2) One day of each month (September to June), the Furnace Brook Middle School and High School students shall be dismissed as close to 12:30 p.m. as possible to permit ALL teachers to participate in In-Service Curriculum meetings.
(3) One day of each month - Department meetings called by the Department Head.
(b) Detentions - At the secondary level to be figured on the basis of one hundred eighty (180) days divided by the number of teachers eligible for this duty.
(c) Late bus supervision - Not to exceed one (1) day per week at the secondary level.
(d) At the elementary level, the Teaching Assistant Principal will handle the late busses.
(a) Every elementary school building is to be open and the professional staff at their respective places of assignment one (1) evening at the halfway xxxx of the first grading period, and one (1) evening during the week immediately following the issuance of the three (3) progress reports. Such open meetings shall be of two (2) teacher hours' duration and shall not normally begin before six o'clock (6:00) p.m. The exact times for these meetings per month, except that there shall be determined through consultation between the teaching staff and the building principal.
(b) Each of the High School and the Furnace Brook Middle School is to be open, and the professional staff at their respective places of assignment one (1) additional floating meeting per quarterly marking period for a total of four (4) floating meetings per school year. The Principal reserves evening early in the right to schedule an emergency teacher meeting. At least first grading period, two (2) days' notice evenings immediately following the issuance of the first report cards (High School) or progress reports (Furnace Brook Middle School), one (1) evening immediately following the issuance of the second report cards (High School) or progress reports (Furnace Brook Middle School), and one (1) afternoon immediately following the issuance of the third report cards (High School) or progress reports (Furnace Brook Middle School). The evening meeting early in the first grading period shall not normally begin before six o'clock (6:00 p.m.) nor begin later than six thirty (6:30) p.m. Meetings during the first marking period and immediately after the issuance of the first report cards/progress reports shall be given conducted for meetings. If an emergency meeting must be called without two (2) days prior notice, then faculty members who can substantiate a prior commitment shall be excused with hours during the permission of the Principal. Teachers may depart the building following the exit of the regular school buses on Fridays, the day preceding the start of school holidays, and the day of Back-to-School Night/Open House.
1. Any teacher who is under a part-time contract shall not be required to stay beyond his/her contracted assignment.
2. The day prior to Thanksgiving, Winter break, and Spring break will be an early dismissal. The day after Back-to-School Night/Open House will be an early dismissalgdismissal for staff and students. During midterms and finals teachers shall work until fifteen minutes after dismissal. If a midterm or final is on a Friday, teachers may leave ten minutes after bus departure.
C. No teacher teaching core education classes in the mathematics, science, social studies, or language arts departments shall be required to teach more than a total of four (4) different preparations in any one semester. If a "core" teacher is assigned four (4) different preps, then only one (1) of the four (4) assigned preps may be a new prep for that teacher.
D. Teachers shall have a daily duty-free lunch period.
E. Teachers shall have a daily preparation period. The practice of using a regular teacher as a substitute is undesirable evening and shall be used only in emergency situations. The Board shall endeavor begin at all times to seek out and employ qualified substitute teachers. When a teacher must substitute for a regular teacher during the formers planning period, there shall be compensation at the rate of $60.00 per period for 2023-2026.
F. When a teacher during the on-call period must substitute for a regular classroom teacher and is required to teach the class, there shall be compensation at a rate of $60.00 per period for 2023- 2026. Compensation will begin on the third consecutive day. • Hourly summer curriculum work shall be paid at the rate of $55 per hour. • Personnel to conduct evening conferences and parent programs not covered in schedules B&C shall be paid at the rate of $55 per hour.
G. A maximum teaching load shall be defined as follows:
1. 1. Five six o'clock (5) instructional class assignments in a five (5) day week predicated on an eight (8) period schedule. The remaining three (3) periods in the eight (8) period schedule shall consist of a preparation period, departmental professional period, and a duty to be assigned by the Principal. A Resource Center Class shall be counted toward the maximum teaching load of five instructional assignments in a five-day week. The assignment of in class support shall be counted toward the maximum teaching load of five instructional class assignments in a five-day week. Any special education teacher who is teaching a combination of ICS and Resource room classes will be compensated for the sixth class at the rate listed in G.3. below. ICS teachers will receive compensation for a sixth instructional class at the rate of $6000 for the 2023-2024 school year, $7000 for the 2024-2025 school year, and $7500 for the 2025-2026 school year.6:00)
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TEACHING HOURS AND TEACHING LOAD. A. As professionals, teachers are expected to devote to their assignments the time necessary to meet their responsibilities. Because it is administratively essential to maintain a record of attendance for all teachers, All teachers shall be required guaranteed a minimum of one (l) duty-free preparation period per day. The above is in addition to swipe their identification access card at the beginning his/her daily duty-free lunch period of each work dayforty (40) minutes.
B. No extension in the daily working hours, seven (7) hours Every effort shall he made to ensure that High School and five (5) minutes, shall be made by the Board without first negotiating with the Association. Days when regularly scheduled teachers' meetings are held shall Middle School teachers not be considered an extension of the school day. Teachers' meetings shall be no responsible for more than one three (13) hour in durationdifferent preparations. The Board reserves In the right event, however, that a teacher is required to designate any one-day a week except Friday as teacher meeting day. The Board retains the right to adjust the daily schedule of each teacher within the regular workday. There shall be two prepare for more than three (23) teacher meetings per month, except that there shall be one (1) additional floating meeting per quarterly marking period for a total of four (4) floating meetings per school year. The Principal reserves the right to schedule an emergency teacher meeting. At least two (2) days' notice shall be given for meetings. If an emergency meeting must be called without two (2) days prior noticedifferent preparations, then faculty members who can substantiate a prior commitment shall be excused with the permission of the Principal. Teachers may depart the building following the exit of the regular school buses on Fridays, the day preceding the start of school holidays, and the day of Back-to-School Night/Open House.
1. Any that teacher who is under a part-time contract shall not be required to stay beyond his/her contracted assignment.
2perform any non-teaching duties. The day prior to Thanksgiving, Winter break, and Spring break will be an early dismissal. The day after Back-to-School Night/Open House will be an early dismissalgdismissal for staff and students. During midterms and finals teachers shall work until fifteen minutes after dismissal. If a midterm or final is on a Friday, teachers may leave ten minutes after bus departure.
C. No teacher teaching core education classes in the mathematics, science, social studies, or language arts departments Every effort shall be required made to teach ensure that teachers assigned at the Academies@Englewood are not scheduled for more than a total of four (4) different preparations class periods in a row, on any one semester. If a "core" given day.
C. Any teacher is assigned four to six (46) different preps, then only one (1) teaching periods on any given day shall not be assigned to any non-teaching duties on such days.
X. Xxxxxxxx the building principal believes it necessa1y to meet the educational needs of the four (4) assigned preps school system, High School and Middle School teachers may be assigned to a new prep for that teacher.
D. Teachers shall have a daily duty-free lunch period.maximum
E. Teachers shall have a daily preparation period. The practice of using a regular On any days when parent/teacher as a substitute is undesirable and conferences are officially scheduled, the schools shall be used only in emergency situationsfour and one half (4.5) hour sessions. The Board shall endeavor at all times to seek out and employ qualified substitute teachers. When a teacher must substitute for a regular teacher during the formers planning period, there It shall be compensation at clearly understood that all of the rate administrative procedures related to the scheduling of $60.00 per period said parent/teacher conference days shall be the exclusive right of the Superintendent of Schools and the scheduling of any such four and one half (4.5) hour sessions in one year does not establish a past practice for 2023-2026.any future year(s). Note: This is in addition to the teacher arrival/departure time as set froth in Article VI, Section B.
F. When a teacher during the on-call period must substitute The Standard Workday for a regular classroom teacher and is required teachers assigned to teach the class, there shall be compensation at a rate of $60.00 per period for 2023- 2026. Compensation will begin on the third consecutive day. • Hourly summer curriculum work shall be paid at the rate of $55 per hour. • Personnel to conduct evening conferences and parent programs not covered in schedules B&C shall be paid at the rate of $55 per hour.
G. A maximum teaching load DMAE shall be defined as follows:as: 7 hours, 20 minutes, 7:45 a.m. - 3:05 p.m.
1. 1. Five G. Student/Teacher Contact Time shall include (5but not be limited to) instructional the following: class assignments sessions, monitored study halls, teacher duties, club meetings, office hours, grade-level meetings, projects, academy focused endeavors, off-site academically sound field trips.
H. For programs held off the High School Campus (in a five (5) full or in part), the work day week predicated on an eight (8) period schedule. The remaining three (3) periods in the eight (8) period schedule shall consist of a preparation period, departmental professional period, and a duty to be assigned by the Principal. A Resource Center Class shall be counted toward the maximum teaching load of five instructional assignments in a five-day week. The assignment of in class support shall be counted toward the maximum teaching load of five instructional class assignments in a five-day week. Any special education teacher who is teaching a combination of ICS same, but with flexibility as to start and Resource room classes will be compensated for the sixth class at the rate listed in G.3. below. ICS teachers will receive compensation for a sixth instructional class at the rate of $6000 for the 2023-2024 school year, $7000 for the 2024-2025 school year, and $7500 for the 2025-2026 school yearend times.
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